Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

Sep 06, 1981 (en) Documentary [60] Min
  • First Air Date
    Sep 06, 1981
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    50%
  • Original title
    Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
  • Release
    Sep 06, 1981
  • en
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Overview

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an 8-part 1981 drama serial based on the life of Winston Churchill, and particularly his years in enforced exile from political position during the 1920s and 30s. It was written and directed by Ferdinand Fairfax and Churchill was played by Robert Hardy. Hardy's brilliant performance as Churchill won critical acclaim and a BAFTA award in 1982. He reprised the role in The Sittaford Mystery, Bomber Harris and War and Remembrance and at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the end of World War II in 1995 when he quoted a number of Churchill's wartime speeches in character.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Mark Shivas, Richard Broke

    Producer

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Casts : 5 / Crews : 3

Season 1 ( 1981-09-06)

Down and Out

Episode: 1

Politics are Foul

Episode: 2

In High Places

Episode: 3

A Menace in the House

Episode: 4

The Flying Peril

Episode: 5

His Own Funeral

Episode: 6

The Long Tide of Surrender

Episode: 7

What Price Churchill?

Episode: 8
Sep 06, 1981 (en)
Documentary
[60] Min
  • First Air Date Sep 06, 1981
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato 50%
Original Title Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
en

Overview

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an 8-part 1981 drama serial based on the life of Winston Churchill, and particularly his years in enforced exile from political position during the 1920s and 30s. It was written and directed by Ferdinand Fairfax and Churchill was played by Robert Hardy. Hardy's brilliant performance as Churchill won critical acclaim and a BAFTA award in 1982. He reprised the role in The Sittaford Mystery, Bomber Harris and War and Remembrance and at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the end of World War II in 1995 when he quoted a number of Churchill's wartime speeches in character.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Mark Shivas, Richard Broke

    Producer